In ADF's Druidism, and in some other branches of Celtic Paganism, it has become customary to divide the world of spiritual beings into Three Kindreds of beings. These are conventionally the Gods, the Dead and the Sidhe. I enjoy using the Irish word for the third category, but it is also often referred to as the 'Nature Spirits' or, in a Germanic idiom, as the Landwights. This Third Kindred has remained a bit of an enigma in ADF's understanding. Lately I think I'm making a little headway into comprehending it, based on cultural models from other Indo-European systems. I'm not sure I can make this coherent yet, but I'm going have a go at it.
The Hellenic concept of the 'daimon' has been fascinating me lately. Daimons are immaterial or semi-material beings of great power and wisdom. In archaic, Homeric Greek religion, the term daimon seems nearly interchangeable with the term 'theos' - a deity. Even the Olympians are referred to as daimons, and minor spirits of the local land may be referred to as theoi. In later Hellenistic Paganism 'daimon' comes to refer to spirits intermediate between mortals and the Gods - vastly wiser and more powerful than most mortals, but not of the highest divine family. These beings might receive sacrifices themselves, but also 'carried the sacrifices' between human ritual and the Gods themselves, and conveyed the Blessings of the Gods to mortals, in turn. These beings were considered various in their morality, integrity and power, though the formal hierarchies of later 'angelic' choirs didn't really appear in Pagan times. The spirits of the dead, especially of heroes, were also said to become daimons.
OK, this makes 'daimon' a pretty broad category. In many ways the easiest English word to use for a translation is 'spirit'. The Gods are spirits, the Dead are spirits, the Landspirits are... spirits. (We should bear in mind, however, that the ancients were entirely willing to suggest that these beings are semi-material - that they have bodies 'of fine matter' or 'of the air' that can interact in the material world.) So, how can we relate this Mediterranean idea to more Northern myths?
One little puzzle that we have run up against is the problem of the ambivalent position of the 'Tuatha De Danann' in Irish myth and Paganism. By the time we see these beings in literature, they have become the Folk Under the Mound - their war with the mortal Gaels (per the Book of Invasions) was over and they had gone under the earth. However it is plain that the First Family of the Tuatha De - the immediate children of Dana and their immediate offspring - are in effect the Gods. They plainly correspond in many cases to the Gods of continental Celtic peoples. Yet into the historical period those spirits act as local spirits in the land of Ireland.
When we remember that even the Olympians could be called daimons, and that even local stream and stone spirits could also be called daimons, we see a parallel that might point at a Pagan solution. I think this may be an example of pollution from our monotheist history to try to define '(a) god' as something uniquely different from 'lesser' spirits and beings. It doesn't seem to me that this was the case in ancient Indo-European polytheism. The Gods are the Eldest and Wisest, Mightiest and Loveliest, but they are not, at base, different in kind from the rest of the beings we might call 'the Spirits'.
It seems to me that in the Irish monkish chronicles we find exactly the sort of demotion of the Gods into 'mere' spirits' that we see in later classical and early Christian ideas in which the daimonic becomes first semi-corrupt 'lower' spirits and then the 'demons' of Christian lore. In Pagan tradition the Gods and the Spirits were always of the same sort, but in later models the demotion of the lesser beings from divine status took the Gods with them. It seems to me that as today's Pagans we have the job of restoring both the Gods and the rest of the spirits to their rightful places.
The Gaels had a turn of phrase by which they referred to the spirits - "De ocus an-De" - the Gods and the Not Gods. Plainly the Gaels themselves sought to make a distinction between the Eldest and Mightiest and the rest of the family or nation - "tuatha" - of the spirits. Interestingly they do not plainly divide the 'not-Gods' into our two categories of Dead and Spirits - we're getting to that.
Gaelic lore poses another problem in relation to our conventional Three Kindreds model. It is extremely difficult to tell the Folk Under the Mound from the Mighty Dead. Trooping Sidhe, sluagh hosts, Kings Beneath are all plainly recalled as of the Aes Sidhe (people of the mound), yet all have features that recall the Dead. When we recall that in Hellenic culture the Dead became daimons, it suggests that perhaps human spirits simply became the Shining Folk that we hear so much about, or at least some of them.
This still leaves that third category - Everyone Else. It seems pretty clear to me that this category was far from insignificant in the Hellenic world. Daimons were drawn to every sacrifice, by the light of the Fire and the smell of the sacrifices, as it were. Powerful spirits of stream and tree, storm and wave were proper objects of sacrifice - daimon was interchangeable with theos. In parallel we might say that all the spirits of Gaelic Paganism - at least all those who aren't the Dead - are the Tuatha De Danann - the Nation of the Goddess, but there is a distinction between the Eldest and Wisest and the innumerable crowd of spirits who make up the spiritual worlds.
I think there is much to be gained by beginning to pay more attention to this third category of being. Our modern usage of Nature Spirits or Landwights has, perhaps, directed our attention toward spirits manifesting as animals, plants and natural features. Our modern ecological awareness has tended to focus us even on living beings, and we find folks offering to the spirits of their household pets, still living on the furniture. While I have no objection to reverencing living beings, I suspect this isn't quite what the ancients had in mind. I suspect there are more exalted spiritual powers in these categories that we could be approaching.
As to what those might be, I may speculate in another post. This is enough for now...
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This will be an outlet and archive for my thoughts and writings on what I think of as the Spooky Paradigm. This term refers to the beliefs, ideas, and communities that are not mainstream religion or science or conventional wisdom (though in some cases these ideas may have more adherents than acceptable notions. While there aren't necessarily content-logical reasons why hidden beasts (cryptozoology), UFOs, ghost stories, cutting edge or fringe science, and political conspiracy theories should be related to each other, experience tells us that they are. Looking at these topics, they do not form a coherent unified belief system shared by most interested in them, but rather are part of a way at looking at the world.
In this blog, I intend to explore some of these topics, to relate to them to each other, to other cultural phenomenon, and comment on them as I can. I will post longer essays from time to time. I will also try to comment, on a regular basis, on new stories involving these topics.
This is not a skeptic blog, though I am sure many would call it that. As an anthropologist, I don't go out of my way to disprove the beliefs of the people past or present that I am studying. It is a skeptical blog, but not one dedicated to debunking. That is not my mission.
I've started it up to coincide with the Halloween season, but the Spooky Paradigm has its own calendar as I hope to show over the coming years. So sit back and enjoy the ride.
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Runes are very old powerful occult symbols that originated from Norse / Germanic peoples history predating over 1300 BC. They were a magickal language that was said to have been discovered by Odin (Viking God) to allow people to use the elements of nature around them. Today most do not know this but the English language has evidence to indicate it originated from this magickal alphabet they call the Elder Futhark or Germanic Futhark.. From the images below you may see why this is indicated as the original English language.
"(Algiz - The magickal rune of Protection seen throughout the ages above)"
In this post I wanted to discuss the rune Algiz (Elhaz, Algir, Algis, Algs, Elgr), which is the Rune of Protection and it has always been my favourite. In a previous post I referenced Ancient Occult Symbols - The Aegishjalmur where it indicates Algiz was used inside a magickal talisman..
"Algiz represents Z in the english language.."
ALGIZ THE RUNE OF MAGICAL PROTECTION..
The rune Algiz if used right was said to bestow upon its user or wearer the ability of protection. As the image implies the symbol of a tree, this indicates trees were a powerful image to the Germanic tribes and indicates there reference to using nature for magick.
Other references to the Algiz Rune meaning are the antlers of the elk, and the shape of the sedge-grass herb. The symbol has been indicated possibly to suggest the spread fingers of a hand raised in a protective gesture. It is a powerful rune of protection and, spiritually, it is often referred to as symbolizing reaching up to the divine.
(as you can see from the above image of the runes, the word FUTHARK came from the first 6 runes meaning magickal alphabet.. Indications of possibly the origin of English can be seen in the language..)
HOW TO USE THE RUNE SYMBOL ALGIZ?
Simply by using on a necklace, shirt or a talisman it is said to bestow these powers of protection.
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How To Use a Freya Love Magic (Radionics Rune Box)
Freya is the Norse goddess of Love and whenever you deal with matters of the heart, you invoke the powers of Freya.
Northern European peoples, both men and women, have invoked Freya's help in love matters for thousands of years. Rituals, incantations, charms, talismans and direct appeal have been some of the methods used to entice Freya to help.
But now Lory Martin, an Asatru artist and Norse Shaman has brought the Love Magic of Freya into the twenty first century, into the Age of Aquarius.
Now you can use the new paradigm of the Laws of Quantum Physics to power up your Freya Love Magic rituals.
Lory has created a Freya Love Magic Radionics Rune Box that combines the power of ancient Seider Magic with the science of Radionics, a gift of the Age of Aquarius.
Each rune box is beautifully hand painted, decorated with the rune symbols for love and ancient symbols, along with a decoupaged picture of Freya on the lid. This wood box is the playing field or a "Matrix" where the magic of the past and the science of the now, work together to attract the power of love into your life.
To invoke the power of Freya to attract to yourself a new love; or to increase your present love life, you place the small trapezoidal orgone, radionics generator plus the special radioincs love template along with either your photo and a photo of your intend inside the magical box if you have one, You can use your signature and your intendeds on a piece of paper inside the box. Locks of each of your hair would work as well. If you do not know your intended include only your photo, signature or hair of course. Any or all of these methods would work; by the Law of Resonant Frequencies.
Close the lid and say a little prayer to Freya and place the box in a safe, private place where no one else can open it.
What makes the Freya Love Magic rune box work to attract Love into your life?
Radionics Magic and the Laws of Quantum Physics.
This New Age of Aquarius and it's paradigm of the Laws of Quantum Physics has blown the lid off the box that has kept the secrets of magic hidden from the average man and woman.
Now everyone can be as powerful as a shaman, a magician, a rune master and a mystic thanks to the Laws of Quantum Physics and the Science of Radionics.
The science of Radionics needs three working principles: a power source, an intent symbol and a target. You don't need an expensive electronic radionics device to perform Love Magic. This wood Rune Box will work for you just as well.
The power source for the Rune Box Radionics device is the trapezoidal orgone ond generator. The intent symbol is the powerful Radionics Template you receive with the box. The target is your photos or signatures.
When you place all inside the box and close the lid of your Freya Magic Rune Box, the magic begins.
The Laws of Quantum Physics also tell us that there exists an infinite ocean of thinking, intelligent energy called the Quantum Ocean, Mimir's Well. Everything that ever was, is or will be exists there.
Freya and all the gods/goddesses of the North exist there and Love as a force, a power of energy exists there.
What ever you physically connect in the Radionics Rune Box, also makes a connection in the Quantum Ocean energy world.
In the case of the power of Freya to attract Love into your life, plus the power of love symbol, plus your photos all get connected on an energy level.
This energy pours out of the Quantum Ocean into the Rune Box and subsequently into your life.
Since your photo is really you, ie your divine blueprint. And your intendeds photo is really them, the love energies will pour into your Aura. What ever energies you carry in your Aura attracts your physical counter part into your life. A new love Radionics symbol will attract a new love into your life.
It is the Law. The Law of Freya, the Law of Radionics and the Law of Magic.
Now thanks to Lory's Freya Love Magic Radionics Rune Box, you too can attract a new love into your life or strengthen the Love you already have.
by Ragnar Storyteller
Ragnar Storyteller (AKA Ellis Peterson is a Korean War Vet living with his wife Lory and dog Dixie in the boonies of the Pocono Mountains. He is a retired math professor and electronics engineer. He is the inventor of the simple radionics device called "The Nordic Ond Orgone Generator". He has written over 200 articles and booklets on runes, radionics, quantum physics, viking history, orgone generators and alternate healing methods. You can see more of his works on his websites:
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Book: The Odin Brotherhood by Mark Mirabello
The Odin Brotherhood's was first exposed to the general public in 1992 with the publication of the book The Odin Brotherhood by Dr. Mark Mirabello, who is a professor of European history at Shawnee State University.
First contact was made when Mirabello encountered a silver-haired man in a bookshop in Leith, in the United Kingdom. At the time, Mirabello was conducting historical reseach as a doctoral student in Scotland's University of Glasgow.
The gentleman, who called himself Lodur's Friend (in honor of the mysterious god in the Eddaic Verses), was holding a peculiar cane adorned with the images of the serpent and the ass, the two animals that speak in the bible. Both were examining occult books. The gentleman noticed that Mirabello was studying a book called the The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross by Arthur Edward Waite. During this encounter the gentleman pointed out that "The rose symbolizes secrecy" while pointing to an engraving in Mirabello's book on the Rosy Cross. The gentleman went on to say that "Since we speak sub rosa or 'under the rose', our discussion must remain forever secret."
The two men became friends, and "Lodur's Friend" introduced Mirabello to a "circle of fascinating individuals." The group met for unusual feasts, normally in Edinburgh or London, always at night, and always during the time of the new moon.
The feasts were referred to as "conventicles," and they were by invitation only. Those who "feared" or "hated" authority were excluded, but those who "laughed at" authority were welcome.
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Alvo Stockman has reinvented the mystical diagrams of the ancients into modern flowcharts, via his Magic Modeling Language. Peter Prevos discusses the concept of magic blueprints, but first explores how magicians have both used and avoided written language through the centuries:
The history of magic and the history of language go hand in hand. Language started with verbal communication, supported by dance, painting and rituals. Ancient shamans passed their craft on to the next generation in this very same way, initiating their apprentices step by step through one-on-one instruction via words, dance, painting and ritual.
Writing as we know it first developed about 6,000 years ago in present day Iraq. From then on, people wrote about every aspect of their lives, including magic. But, no writing about how to perform magic has ever been found in ancient documents. It seems that the pact of secrecy between magicians prevented them from committing their knowledge in permanent form. It is interesting to note in this respect that magicians have always been at the forefront of technology when it comes to creating the illusion of magic. When it comes to explaining secrets, however, magicians are a lot more conservative. The first magic book was published more than five millennia after the invention of writing! Since then, writing has been used prolifically by magicians to teach each other about their secrets and initiate new magicians.Continue reading Prevos' discussion here.
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The Futhorc runes, descended from the Elder Futhark, are what was used as a written language in pre-christian England. It shares the runes of the Elder Futhark, but has extra to cover the new phonetic sounds on the Old English spoken language. In total there are 33 Futhorc runes. The runes came to Britain around the third century AD.
The Runes were seen as having the ability to impart magickal properties, using the runes in the correct order was to create a spell...which is why the act to spell, putting letters in the right order for words, shares the same word as spell in a magickal sense.
The Anglo-Saxon, Futhorc runes, are described in the Rune Poem, each verse dealing with each individual rune, in order. The verses give a small insight into the meaning of the rune, which along with it's name, will give the diviner its true meaning. In the poem, each rune is taken in order, and has three lines describing it's power. Taking those line, and the translated name of the rune, enables you to build up the full meaning of that rune, calling up the knowledge from the depths of your subconscious.
One method of using these runes with a magickal intent is to create a bind rune - the overlaying of two or three runes to create a new sigil. These can be practical bindrunes, with a specific intent, or personal, using the maker's initials to increase personal power.
A charm can be created by taking the phonetic sounds of each rune and recreating a word or sentence. This would be the art of Galdor, and each charm could be chanted.
They were also used in a practical form, simply as a way of making a mark. It's not unknown for a runestone to be inscribed with the equivalent of "I woz ere".
And, of course, there's the divinatory aspect. Unlike today, divination wasn't the main use of the runes for the Anglo-Saxons. Though there are desciptions of the runes being used in this way.
Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem
"Feoh"
Wealth is a comfort to all men;
yet must every man bestow it freely,
if he wish to gain honour in the sight of the Lord.
"Ur"
The aurochs is proud and has great horns;
it is a very savage beast and fights with its horns;
a great ranger of the moors, it is a creature of mettle.
"Thorn"
The thorn is exceedingly sharp,
an evil thing for any knight to touch,
uncommonly severe on all who sit among them.
"Os"
The mouth is the source of all language,
a pillar of wisdom and a comfort to wise men,
a blessing and a joy to every knight.
"Rad"
Riding seems easy to every warrior while he is indoors
and very courageous to him who traverses the high-roads
on the back of a stout horse.
"Cen"
The torch is known to every living man by its pale, bright flame;
it always burns where princes sit within.
"Gyfu"
Generosity brings credit and honour, which support one's dignity;
it furnishes help and subsistence
to all broken men who are devoid of aught else.
"Wynn"
Bliss he enjoys who knows not suffering, sorrow nor anxiety,
and has prosperity and happiness and a good enough house.
"Haegl"
Hail is the whitest of grain;
it is whirled from the vault of heaven
and is tossed about by gusts of wind
and then it melts into water.
"Nyd"
Trouble is oppressive to the heart;
yet often it proves a source of help and salvation
to the children of men, to everyone who heeds it betimes.
"Is"
Ice is very cold and immeasurably slippery;
it glistens as clear as glass and most like to gems;
it is a floor wrought by the frost, fair to look upon.
"Ger"
Summer is a joy to men, when God, the holy King of Heaven,
suffers the earth to bring forth shining fruits
for rich and poor alike.
"Eoh"
The yew is a tree with rough bark,
hard and fast in the earth, supported by its roots,
a guardian of flame and a joy upon an estate.
"Peordh"
Peorth is a source of recreation and amusement to the great,
where warriors sit blithely together in the banqueting-hall.
"Eolh"
The Eolh-sedge is mostly to be found in a marsh;
it grows in the water and makes a ghastly wound,
covering with blood every warrior who touches it.
"Sigel"
The sun is ever a joy in the hopes of seafarers
when they journey away over the fishes' bath,
until the courser of the deep bears them to land.
"Tir"
Tiw is a guiding star; well does it keep faith with princes;
it is ever on its course over the mists of night and never fails.
"Beorc"
The poplar bears no fruit; yet without seed it brings forth suckers,
for it is generated from its leaves.
Splendid are its branches and gloriously adorned
its lofty crown which reaches to the skies.
"Eh"
The horse is a joy to princes in the presence of warriors.
A steed in the pride of its hoofs,
when rich men on horseback bandy words about it;
and it is ever a source of comfort to the restless.
"Mann"
The joyous man is dear to his kinsmen;
yet every man is doomed to fail his fellow,
since the Lord by his decree will commit the vile carrion to the earth.
"Lagu"
The ocean seems interminable to men,
if they venture on the rolling bark
and the waves of the sea terrify them
and the courser of the deep heed not its bridle.
"Ing"
Ing was first seen by men among the East-Danes,
till, followed by his chariot,
he departed eastwards over the waves.
So the Heardingas named the hero.
"Ethel"
An estate is very dear to every man,
if he can enjoy there in his house
whatever is right and proper in constant prosperity.
"Daeg"
Day, the glorious light of the Creator, is sent by the Lord;
it is beloved of men, a source of hope and happiness to rich and poor,
and of service to all.
"Ac"
The oak fattens the flesh of pigs for the children of men.
Often it traverses the gannet's bath,
and the ocean proves whether the oak keeps faith
in honourable fashion.
"AEsc"
The ash is exceedingly high and precious to men.
With its sturdy trunk it offers a stubborn resistance,
though attacked by many a man.
"Yr"
Yr is a source of joy and honour to every prince and knight;
it looks well on a horse and is a reliable equipment for a journey.
"Ior"
Iar is a river fish and yet it always feeds on land;
it has a fair abode encompassed by water, where it lives in happiness.
"Ear"
The grave is horrible to every knight,
when the corpse quickly begins to cool
and is laid in the bosom of the dark earth.
Prosperity declines, happiness passes away
and covenants are broken.
Love and hugs
Blaidd
Picture: from 7th century Franks Casket, depicting the Germanic legend of Weyland Smith and containing a riddle in Anglo-Saxon runes. Wikipedia.
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